Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/zswap: use %pe to print PTR_ERR() values

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 10:49:03 EST


On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 11:38:51AM +0530, Sahil Chandna wrote:
> Use the %pe printk format specifier to report error pointers directly
> instead of printing PTR_ERR() as a long value. This improves clarity,
> produces more readable error messages.
>
> This instance was flagged by the Coccinelle script
> (misc/ptr_err_to_pe.cocci) as an opportunity to adopt %pe.
>
> Found by: make coccicheck MODE=report M=mm/
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/zswap.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
> index c1af782e54ec..c35604db32ad 100644
> --- a/mm/zswap.c
> +++ b/mm/zswap.c
> @@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ static int zswap_cpu_comp_prepare(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
>
> acomp = crypto_alloc_acomp_node(pool->tfm_name, 0, 0, cpu_to_node(cpu));
> if (IS_ERR(acomp)) {
> - pr_err("could not alloc crypto acomp %s : %ld\n",
> - pool->tfm_name, PTR_ERR(acomp));
> + pr_err("could not alloc crypto acomp %s : %pe\n",
> + pool->tfm_name, acomp);
> ret = PTR_ERR(acomp);
> goto fail;
> }
> --
> 2.50.1
>